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Discussion in 'Hardware' started by REDDEVIL-UK1, 16 Jun 2011.

  1. REDDEVIL-UK1

    REDDEVIL-UK1 MUFC

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    Hi erm big problem..... i've just got a Zotac 460 GTX 1GB SE gpu and the next day i got a bluescreen then again i got another one and another one etc i think this will be my 8th so far

    The info i could get from it says it's the nviddmkm.sys which after further investigation turns out to be the driver

    STOP: 0X00000116 (0XFFFFFA800C35A4E0)

    to test it i un-installed the new driver ( 275.33 (dated: 2011.06.01) and tried 270.61 (dated 8.4.2011)

    but i'm still getting bluescreens with both drivers which leads me to the actual card could it be knackered? i got it from Pc World so do i go to them or Zotac?

    thanks in advance

    Shaun
     
  2. Xonar

    Xonar What's a Dremel?

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    If it's a Blue screen my first assumption would be a driver issue, did you have an ATI or Nvidia GPU before?

    Try running driver sweeper to clear any remnants of previous drivers from either company then re-install the latest Nvidia drivers and give it a go.
     
  3. REDDEVIL-UK1

    REDDEVIL-UK1 MUFC

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    Hi, yeah i had a 250 gts eco (1gb) that worked fine on my rig.


    of course i uninstalled the old drivers swapped cards then installed new drivers

    then i'm watching a programme on it and it just crashes

    i even stressed the card out (with both drivers) and it was fine then. It's done it a few times while gaming on-line though
     
  4. Austin

    Austin Minimodder

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    :confused: Make sure you drop any o/c's back to stock, GPU & general system. If it isn't a fault with the gfx card I would suspect PSU.
     
  5. REDDEVIL-UK1

    REDDEVIL-UK1 MUFC

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    everythings at stock, i've not overclocked it
     
  6. CanItRunSoldat?

    CanItRunSoldat? What's a Dremel?

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    What's your mobo? Asus?
     
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    Oi!
     
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  8. Parge

    Parge the worst Super Moderator

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    You could try Driver Cleaner. You have to pay for it - $10 - but it got rid of my driver problems went I went from ATI to Nvidia
     
  9. .//TuNdRa

    .//TuNdRa Resident Bulldozer Guru

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    Or just use Driver Sweeper, which seems to work equally as well.

    Basically; get rid of all drivers, restart into safemode, install the latest drivers for the GPU (275.33, I think)
     
  10. Action_Parsnip

    Action_Parsnip What's a Dremel?

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    haha good one :D
     
  11. Sentinel-R1

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    This. Driver Sweeper sorted out my ATI driver crash issues and it's free!
     
  12. REDDEVIL-UK1

    REDDEVIL-UK1 MUFC

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    yeah it is, it's a m2n32-sli deluxe
     
  13. REDDEVIL-UK1

    REDDEVIL-UK1 MUFC

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    Trying it now, thanks for the tip. I'll report back


    Thanks guys
     
  14. REDDEVIL-UK1

    REDDEVIL-UK1 MUFC

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    ok update.

    tried the driver sweeper programme and installed the updated drivers and i'm still getting bluescreens :(

    could it be the card at all?

    it's less than a week old.
     
  15. .//TuNdRa

    .//TuNdRa Resident Bulldozer Guru

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    I really doubt it's the card. You'd see a couple of pop-ups from windows saying something along the lines of "Graphics driver has crashed Forceware Version 27x.xx, Driver has been automatically restarted" before that's likely to happen. Windows will let a GPU fall on it's ass a few times before it'll Crash hard enough to Blue-Screen.

    Might be worth seeing if you can't chuck it into a different rig, though, just to rule out any other factors (Motherboard Incompatibility and so on)
     
  16. REDDEVIL-UK1

    REDDEVIL-UK1 MUFC

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    nope i'm going straight into the bluescreen no warnings nothing

    as for putting into a different rig that might be possible but the only psu i've got is a 520w corsair one and i really doubt it'll hold the 460

    any ideas?
     
  17. Austin

    Austin Minimodder

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    :) You could stress test the RAM (Memtest or Prime95). You could try running with only 1 stick at a time to see if it helps. Another way to see if it could be PSU is to unplug anything non-essential (opticals, sound card etc) and see if it helps.
     
  18. confusis

    confusis Kiwi-modder

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    Roll back to the 265 drivers dude. I've had no end of issues with 270 and 275 ><
     
  19. REDDEVIL-UK1

    REDDEVIL-UK1 MUFC

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    ok thanks the only ones i can find on nVidia's site are: GeForce/ION Release 265 BETA 266.35 dated 4.1.2011

    will those still be ok even if they're in beta?
     
  20. confusis

    confusis Kiwi-modder

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    Should be. I've tried 265, and 266 (using 266 now on a GTS450) and its stable
     

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